Trump could sell the ISS
Quote from: Mr. Scott on 03/09/2017 05:28 amTrump could sell the ISS That is absurd. There would be no buyers and it is not feasible. Also, it can unilateral because the "I" in ISS.
I LIKE the shuttle, and ISS. I want NASA to represent me as we conquer space. If NASA had been funded properly and in a logical sequence over the years, the outposts and bases would have been long-since established and would have served as hubs for expanding "Business" opportunities. But I've given up worrying about it, and wish the new Generation all the best!
"Proper" funding would not change the fact that the shuttle was a bad design from the beginning. And there was "proper" funding when the shuttle was initially conceived.Throwing money at a problem sometimes just makes it worst.If a better alternative system architecture was chosen over the shuttle, the funding would have been "proper".
Quote from: eric z on 03/09/2017 03:11 pmI LIKE the shuttle, and ISS. I want NASA to represent me as we conquer space. If NASA had been funded properly and in a logical sequence over the years, the outposts and bases would have been long-since established and would have served as hubs for expanding "Business" opportunities. But I've given up worrying about it, and wish the new Generation all the best! "Proper" funding would not change the fact that the shuttle was a bad design from the beginning. And there was "proper" funding when the shuttle was initially conceived.Throwing money at a problem sometimes just makes it worst.If a better alternative system architecture was chosen over the shuttle, the funding would have been "proper".
Most of the problems came from compromising with the Air Force to get defense funding Larger size, SRBs etc.
No government space agency is going to go to the moon with Apollo-like landings. It will all be part of a permanent moon base. In order for it to be sustainable, we will have to have reusable landers taking on a taxi roll while other landers would be used for habitat, equipment and logistics. ...